Units 1-2 Flashcards
What is America’s secret to success?
righteousness
What is the idea that work is a gift from God?
Protestant Work Ethic
What speed are you to raise the flag?
Briskly
What are a system of middle age colors that have different meanings?
heraldry
What is a solemn promise?
a pledge
Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
Francis Bellamy
Who was Francis Scott Key’s friend that was taken captive?
Doctor Beans
What are located above the bench above the Supreme Court?
10 Commandments
Who was the first black American to achieve a four-star general?
Chappy James
Who said, “Ask not what your country can do for you…”
Kennedy
What latin verb means to steer a ship?
government
What word means God’s power to rule?
Sovereignty
What was the first civil ordinance?
Capital Punishment
What is the government’s purpose?
To punish the guilty and protect the innocent.
What is another term for man’s law?
Positive law
What was an example of a positive law that did not line up to God’s Law?
Hammurabi’s Law
What is our duty if human law violates God’s law?
To disobey it
What type of government means the ruler is limited by a constitution
A Constitutional Monarchy
What type of government means to rule by one’s self
autocracy
What economic system controls resources and income?
Socialism
What is the type of government where the ruler exercises unlimited power usually inherited.
Absolute monarchy
What type of democracy is where the people rule indirectly through representatives
Indirect democracy
What dictatorship controls all aspects of society
Totalitarianism
A totalitarian dictatorship is where all power is vested in one ruler
Fascism
Who is an example of a good monarch
Queen Victoria
Who is an example of a bad monarch
King John
Who is an example of an absolute monarch
Louis XIV
What city is an example of direct democracy
Athens
What 2 things are required in a direct democracy
A small population, like-mindedness
What is the cornerstone of American government?
Character
What is the greatest influence on English law
The Bible
